wearesparkhouse.org SPARK BIBLE SAMPLER • 3 HOW TO USE YOUR MAKE THIS SPARK BIBLE YOUR OWN! Welcome to your Spark Bible! You just started a journey through God’s word that will last a lifetime. To make it your best trip ever, we want you to MAKE THIS BIBLE YOUR OWN! GET TO KNOW GOD by using this Bible. The more you use it, the more interesting it gets. Use every tool available to MAKE THIS BIBLE WORK FOR YOU. You can USE ANY OF THESE TOOLS when ever you read your Bible: Stickers • Pens • Pencils • Colored Pencils • Markers • Highlighters • Ruler Sticky Notes SPARK BIBLE New Revised Standard Version The next pages will help you start understanding that the Bible story is your story, These pages are excerpted from the Spark Bible, copyright © 2009 Sparkhouse. All rights reserved. Spark Bible is a trademark of Sparkhouse. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner too. HAVE FUN, and let people know how it’s going. It’s your Bible. MAKE THE without prior written permission from the publisher. Visit 1517.media, write to Permissions, 1517 Media, MOST OF IT. Box 1209 Minneapolis, MN 55440, or e-mail [email protected] for further inquiries. The NRSV is published by arrangement with HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved. Unless otherwise noted, scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America and used by permission. All rights reserved. To purchase copies of the Spark Bible, go to wearesparkhouse.org, ISBN 978-0-8066-7048-5. WELCOME • 3 4 • SPARK BIBLE SAMPLER SPARK BIBLE SAMPLER • 5 USE EVERYTHING IN THE SPARK BIBLE! Key Verses are highlighted all over Get to know some this Bible. Try to figure out why they’re You’ll always know what book of the Bible words important. You can highlight some Key of the Bible you’re in. that matter most. Verses of your own. Think about these questions, and ask a friend or family member to do the Try It! activities with you. Explore more about some of the people, places, things, and events in the Bible stories you’re reading. You’ll always know what section of the Bible you’re in. 4 • HOW TO USE YOUR SPARK BIBLE HOW TO USE YOUR SPARK BIBLE • 5 6 • SPARK BIBLE SAMPLER SPARK BIBLE SAMPLER • 7 MARK UP YOUR SPARK BIBLE! GENESIS 1:1 GENESIS 1:1 Attach GENESIS 2:17 GENESIS 2:17 a sticky SIX DAYS OF CREATION AND SIX DAYS 18OF to CREATIONrule over the dayAND and over the night,18 to ruleand over the day and over the night, and 28 God blessed them, and God said 28to God them, blessed Lord them, God and formed God saidman tofrom them, the dustLord of the God formedGenesis man 2:10 from the dust of the Genesis 2:10 September 6 THE SABBATH THE SABBATH to separate the light from the darkness. And note so “Be fruitful and multiply,b and fi ll the earth ground, b andEDEN: breathed The into his nostrils the EDEN: The to separate the light from the darkness. And “Be fruitful and multiply, and fi ll the earth ground, and breathed into his nostrils the beautiful beautiful 19 a 19 In the beginning when God createdIn a theGod beginning saw that when it was God good. created And thereGod wassaw that it was good. And there was and subdueyou it; and can have dominion andover subdue the breath it; and of have life; dominion and the man over became the breath a living of life;garden and the where man became a living garden where the heavens and the earth, 2 the earththe heavensevening andand thethere earth, was 2 themorning, earth theevening fourth and there was morning, the fourth fi sh of thefind sea and this over the birds fiof shthe of air the being.sea and 8 And over the the Lord birds God of the planted air being.a garden 8 And theAdam Lord and God planted a garden Adam and Eve lived. Eve lived. was a formless void and darknesswas day.a formless void and darkness day. and over everypage living thing that movesand upon over everyin Eden, living in thing the east; that andmoves there upon he put in the Eden, man in the east; and there he put the man covered the face of the deep, while covereda the face of the deep, while a the earth.” 29 God said, “See, I have giventhe earth.” you 29whom God said, he had“See, formed. I have given 9 Out you of thewhom ground he hadThe formed. garden 9 Out of the ground The garden wind from God b swept over the facewind from God b swept over the face every plantagain. yielding seed that is uponevery the face plant yieldingthe Lord seed God that made is upon to grow the face every thetree Lord that Godwill made come to grow every tree that will come back for a back for a Jot notes in the of the waters. 3 Th en God said, “Let1 ofthere the bewaters. 3 GenesisTh en God said,1:31 “Let there be Genesis 1:31 of all the earth, and every tree withof seed all thein earth,is pleasant and every to the tree sight with and seed good in for food,is pleasant the to the sight and good for food, the 1 fi nal encore. fi nal encore. margin. Write the date that light”; and there was light. 4 And Godlight”; saw and thereKNOW was light. IT! What 4 And did GodGod makesaw on eachKNOW day of IT! What did God make on each day ofits fruit; you shall have them for food.its 30 fruit; And youtree shall of havelife also them in thefor food.midst 30 of And the garden,tree of and life alsoGod in the will midst of the garden, and God will that the light was good; and God separatedthat the light wascreation? good; and God separated creation? to every beast of the earth, and to everyto every bird beastthe of tree the of earth, the knowledge and to every of goodbird andthe evil. tree of therenew knowledge all of good and evil. renew all you read the story. of creation. 5 THINK ABOUT5 IT! Everything God makesTHINK is ABOUT IT! Everything God makes is of creation. the light from the darkness. God calledthe light the from the darkness. God called the of the air, and to everything that creepsof the on air, and10 A to everything river fl ows that out creeps of Eden on to water10 A the river fl ows out of Eden to water the Read about it good. How does this change what you good.think How does this change what you think Read about it light Day, and the darkness he calledlight Night. Day, and the darkness he called Night. the earth, everything that has the breaththe earth, of everythinggarden, and that from has therethe breath it divides of garden,and be- and from there it divides and be- in Revelation about mosquitoes? about mosquitoes? in Revelation And there was evening and there wasAnd morn- there was evening and there was morn- life, I have given every green plant forlife, food.” I have givencomes every four greenbranches. plant 11 for Th efood.” name ofcomes the fi rst four branches.21:9—22:7. 11 Th e name of the fi rst 21:9—22:7. ing, the fi rst day.TRY IT! Go outside. Watch a bug for twoTRY minutes. IT! Go outside. Watch a bug for two minutes.And it was so. 31 God saw everythingAnd that it he was so.is Pishon; 31 God sawit is everythingthe one that that fl ows he aroundis Pishon; the it is the one that fl ows around the Dirt is ing, the fi rst day. Finish your time with your buggy friend byFinish saying, your time with your buggy friend by saying, 6 And God said, “Let there be a 6 Anddome God “Andsaid, it “Letwas good!”there be a dome “And it was good!” had made, and indeed, it was very good.had made,And andwhole indeed, land it of was Havilah, very good. where And there whole is gold; land of Havilah, where there is gold; good! in the midst of the waters, and let it inseparate the midst of the waters, and let it separate there was evening and there was morning,there was evening and there was morning, the waters from the waters.” 7 So Godthe made waters from the waters.” 7 So God made the sixth day. the sixth day. Genesis 2:7 Genesis 2:7 the dome and separated the waters thatthe weredome and 20 Andseparated God the waterssaid, “Let that thewere waters 20 Andbring God said, “Let the waters bring Th us the heavens and the earth Th us the heavens and the earth under the dome from the waters thatunder were the domeforth swarmsfrom the of watersliving creatures, that were and forth let birds swarms of living creatures, and let birds were fi nished, and all their mul- wereKNOW fi nished, IT! andHow didall theirGod make mul- the fi rstKNOW human? IT! How did God make the fi rst human? 8 above the dome.fl y above And the it was earth so. across8 God calledthe dome fl y of above the the earth across the dome of the titude.